Foldable luggage frame

ABSTRACT

A foldable luggage frame comprises two main support rods to which an upper support board and a lower support board are fastened. The upper support board and the lower support board are intended to support the shell of the luggage and are basically similar in construction. Both support boards are formed of a fixed portion, a movable portion, and a folding portion located between the fixed portion and the movable portion to enable the movable portion to collapse. The fixed portion and the movable portion are connected at one side by two connection bars which are pivoted together at one end.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention

[0002] The present invention relates generally to a luggage moreparticularly to a foldable frame of the luggage.

[0003] 2. Description of Related Art

[0004] As shown in FIG. 1, a prior art luggage frame has a frame body 10comprising an upper support board 11 and a lower support board 12 forsupporting the shell of the luggage. The support boards 11 and 12 areintegrally made and then shipped to the luggage makers. In light of thebulky volumes of the support boards 11 and 12, the luggage makers mustpay high costs of the packing and the shipping of the support boards 11and 12.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

[0005] The primary objective of the present invention is to provide afoldable luggage frame comprising an upper support board and a lowersupport board, which are basically similar in construction and areformed of a fixed portion, a movable portion, and a folding portionlocated between the fixed portion and the movable portion.

[0006] The features, functions, and advantages of the present inventionwill be more readily understood upon a thoughtful deliberation of thefollowing detailed description of a preferred embodiment of the presentinvention in reference to the accompanying drawings.

BRIEF DESCIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWINGS

[0007]FIG. 1 shows a schematic view of a structure of the prior art.

[0008]FIG. 2 shows a perspective view of the preferred embodiment of thepresent invention.

[0009]FIG. 3 shows a side schematic view of the preferred embodiment ofthe present invention.

[0010]FIG. 4 shows a schematic view of the upper support board and thelower support board of the preferred embodiment -of the presentinvention in the folding state.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0011] As shown in FIGS. 2-4, the preferred embodiment of the presentinvention comprises two main support rods 10, an expandable pull rod 11pivoted to the top end of the main support rods 10, an upper supportboard 12 fastened to the top ends of the main support rods 10, and alower support board 13 fastened to the bottom ends of the main supportrods 10.

[0012] The present invention is characterized by the upper support board12 and the lower support board 13, which are basically similar inconstruction to each other and are formed of a fixed portion 21, amovable portion 22, and a folding portion 20 located between the fixedportion 21 and the movable portion 22. The fixed portion 21 and themovable portion 22 are connected at one side with two connection bars 23which are pivoted together at one end.

[0013] As illustrated in FIG. 4, the movable portions 22 of the uppersupport board 12 and the lower support board 13 are collapsed to reducethe volumes of the upper and the lower support boards 12 and 13, so asto facilitate the packing and the shipping of the upper and the lowersupport boards 12 and 13.

[0014] The embodiment of the present invention described above is to beregarded in all respects as being merely illustrative and notrestrictive. Accordingly, the present invention may be embodied in otherspecific forms without deviating from the spirit thereof The presentinvention is therefore to be limited only by the scope of the followingclaim.

I claim:
 1. A foldable luggage frame comprising: two main support rods,an expandable pull rod pivoted to top ends of said main support rods; anupper support board fastened with the top ends of said main supportrods; and a lower support board fastened with the bottom ends of saidmain support rods; wherein said upper support board is formed of a fixedportion, a movable portion, and a folding portion enabling said movableportion to collapse, said upper support board being provided at one sidewith a connection bar; wherein said lower support board is formed of afixed portion, a movable portion, and a folding portion enabling saidmovable portion to collapse, said lower support board being provided atone side with a connection bar which is pivoted at one end with saidconnection bar of said upper support board.